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Connect4Climate attended COP25 from Dec 2-13, hosted in Madrid under a Chilean presidency, to amplify youth voices, create a dynamic "Live at COP25" digital media zone at the Italian Pavilion, and help build momentum for #ClimateAction as we head into 2020, the year of ambition.
Photo Credits: Kaia Rose, Connect4Climate
The World is on Fire-- and we hold the matches, #procreate painting by Nancy Polo, February 1, 2019.
If light and electricity were equally valued, how different this LAND(?)scape would be.
From Manila’s Kilometer Zero, Climate Walk participants cross San Juanico Bridge to arrive in Tacloban- Haiyan Ground Zero, in time for the first anniversary of the Typhoon Haiyan’s landfall in Eastern Visayas. The Climate Walk is a People’s Walk for Climate Justice, co- organized by Greenpeace and other climate advocacy groups and civil society organizations. The climate advocates are appealing to developed countries and world leaders to commit to ambitious and binding targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions to the amount that will keep the global average temperature to less than a 1.5 degree Celsius increase above pre-industrial levels. ©Roi Lagarde/Greenpeace
With COP27 underway in Egypt (6 to 18 November), Southend-on-Sea City Council reflects on the past 12 month since appointing its first ever head of climate change.
100 Facilitators from around the world came together to prepare trainings the week before Global Power Shift began.
Le Dr Robert Zougmoré donnant une conférence sur le changement climatique. Photo: R. Zougmoré (CCAFS West Africa)
Laudato si Attested “sasrai-Movement”. UN, INGO,NGO Officials need Orientation on “sasrai-Movement” Pope’s “bold cultural revolution” goo.gl/kvK1kX
We need a few litres (a gallon or so) a day through our food and directly to sustain ourselves. Added that, to maintain hygiene, we only need about 25 litres (6 gallons) a day in total.
In developed countries, we currently use 500-800 litres (125 to 200 gallons) per day per person!
Pope urges
“Liberty is a gift that God gives us, but we must know how to receive it. We must have a free heart,”
“Hunger, drug addiction, sadness: all of these things take our freedom from us,”
“Lord Jesus, give me a free heart that is not a slave to any evil in the world, that is not a slave to the community, that is not a slave to a comfortable life, that is not a slave of vice, that is not a slave to a false liberty that is the desire to do whatever we want, whenever we want to do it,” he prayed.
“This is what we mean by solidarity,”
“If your life is easy, there are others for whom it is not easy,” he said, reminding them to reach out and say to their struggling brothers and sisters,
“We are here. We are with you. We want to give you hope.”
Pope Francis concluded with a call for the young people to “go against the current” and follow the path of Christ, not being afraid to dream big and “make a mess.” “Keep making noise,”
“I say this to you with regret: many grave sins were committed against the native peoples of America in the name of God,”
‘Kneel before God and implore forgiveness for the past and present sins of her sons and daughters’.”
“Let us say no to forms of colonialism old and new. Let us say yes to the encounter between peoples and cultures. Blessed are the peacemakers,”
Pontiff spoke out against “colonialism, both old and new, which reduces poor countries to mere providers of raw material and cheap labor, engenders violence, poverty, forced migrations and all the evils which go hand in hand with these.”
Pope called for changes that respect the environment, workers, and families.
Process of change he described as “change seen not as something which will one day result from any one political decision or change in social structure. We know from painful experience that changes of structure which are not accompanied by a sincere conversion of mind and heart sooner or later end up in bureaucratization, corruption and failure.”
Key aspect of Christian spirituality and evangelization is to have a welcoming attitude toward others, especially those most in need. “sasrai-Movement” vibrant way to meet the Need
Pope asked at his July 12 Mass in Asuncion, Paraguay - “How many times do we see evangelization as involving any number of strategies, tactics, maneuvers, techniques, as if we could convert people on the basis of our own arguments?”
“Today I learned how to work hard and be self-reliant”, said Joramu, 13 who helped fetch the water needed for mixing the cement. Dakhla, 13, said that, “The classrooms are not in good condition. The objective is to make them better so that we can learn in a good environment.”
Ende Gelände - Orange finger railtrack blockade
We're here 'course it's our fucking future!
photo: Ilias Bartolini
For snood.
Map of Tyne and Wear showing impact of 84m sealevel rise if antarctic ice caps melted. Taken from my earlier image here
Image compressed to match map projection
With COP27 underway in Egypt (6 to 18 November), Southend-on-Sea City Council reflects on the past 12 month since appointing its first ever head of climate change.
ANACORTES, WASHINGTON-- On Saturday, May 14, 2016, Thousands of people marched to March Point in Anacortes, WA, as part of the Indigenous Day of Action during Break Free.
The peaceful march went along the shores of Fidalgo Bay in front of the Shell and Tesoro refineries. The people at the march were there to highlight the moral urgency of immediate action to combat climate change.
The three-mile procession march was led by indigenous community leaders from the area, and ended at the northeast tip of March Point. The people at the march then joined the “It’s in our Hands” indigenous gathering and ceremony.
Anacortes is home to two fossil fuel refineries owned by Shell and Tesoro. These refineries are the largest unaddressed source of carbon pollution in the Northwest and they refine 47% of all the gas and diesel used in the region.
Break Free Pacific Northwest events will continue throughout the weekend.
Photo by Emma Cassidy | Survival Media Agency
4 May 2021. A panel of experts dialogued on raising climate action ambition in the region by highlighting how a green, resilient, and inclusive recovery can stimulate economic activity, while laying the foundation for a transformative shift toward resilient net-zero emissions societies. They also shared experiences from countries that have recently embraced ambitious long-term national climate plans, and underlined the critical role of finance in the global climate agenda.
In the photo, ADB President Masatsugu Asakawa.
The event was held during the 54th Annual Meeting of the ADB Board of Governors.
Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern participates in a Facebook chat on climate change on June 28, 2013. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]
We made 18 large signs that hung over a major freeway in town. We estimate that 85,000 people at least drove under the signs. They read: HUMANS R CHANGING EARTH'S CLIMATE MASSIVE CORAL REEF DIE OFFS RECYCLE GOOD REDUCE BEST WIND/SOLAR/ELECTRIC CARBON FEE AND DIVIDEND CALL YOUR GOV’T REPS SOLAR PANELS OR RECS OUR PLANET IS ALL WE HAVE ELECTRIC CAR 0 CARBON GROUP SOLAR
LOVE YOUR KIDS/REDUCE CO2 HELP Co2 800,000 year hi SKEPTICALSCIENCE.COM
MIAMI IS FLOODING GREENLAND MELTING
100%SOLUTIONS PROJECT WE’RE CHANGING R EARTH IRREVOCABLY
DON’T TREAD ON ME (pic of Earth) 1# CO2 /1 MILE
In Fiji, the UN Day theme this year was “together as one”. The celebrations included a flag raising ceremony as well as a Pacific Cultural performance on 23 October.
New York, 2 June 2011 —The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today launched a guidebook on "Catalysing Climate Finance", advising decision makers in developing countries how to tap into growing environmental finance markets.
The guidebook draws on UNDP's experience managing one-thousand multimillion dollar climate projects in 140 countries during the last two decades. It contains a step-by-step guidance for identification and implementation of an optimal mix of public policies and funding instruments to raise climate finance.
The report is being offered at a critical moment, when new sources of public finance, such as a Green Climate Fund, are being established or becoming available.
"In the absence of effective capacity building and appropriate advisory services, there's a significant risk that only a few emerging economies will fully benefit from these positive developments," said Rebeca Grynspan, UNDP Associate Administrator. "By some estimates around 90 percent of investments in clean energy go to G20 countries and the remaining 10 percent go to the rest of the world."
Between 2009 and 2010, clean energy sector investments worldwide grew 30 percent to a record US$243 billion. Only about one tenth of investments went into developing economies, which could benefit from greener, less carbon-intensive growth.
Most governments lack the knowledge and capacity to enter the complex and highly technical climate finance landscape where more than 6,000 equity funds and scores of international public funds and carbon markets are active.
"UNDP's global presence, expertise in capacity building, and extensive development finance experience allow us to help countries in this process, by supporting them to develop capacities to attract and drive investments towards sustainable human development," said Rebeca Grynspan.
The governments of developing countries face three major challenges when planning a green, low-emission and climate resilient future: gaining access to new and innovative climate finance sources; creating links between climate change strategies and national development objectives; and identifying how to use limited public finance resources to attract private capital.
"Without doubt public funding is a key element in this equation, alone it will be insufficient to transform economies," said Rebeca Grynspan. "It needs to play a critical role in creating an environment conducive to catalysing larger scale investment."
More than 220 students from over 45 countries, representing 50 disciplines, take part in Europe’s largest climate change education programme – Climate-KIC summer school The Journey 2016.
Over 8 weeks in the summer of 2016, students take part in either a five-week or three-week course offering a unique combination of academic study and real-world business experience with the aim of creating the climate change leaders of tomorrow.
... it's time for a Tusker beer ...
... een koel bierke in een pittoresk huisje in de Gabbra woestijn.
Aan de muur een ware kalender 2010 met plezante pentekeningen over het watertekort in de wereld. Hij wordt uitgegeven door de overheid van Kenia, om de mensen bewust te maken van de waarde van het water!
During the World Peoples’ Conference on climate change and the Rights of Mother Earth in Cochabamba, 19-22 April, organized by UNIC La Paz in cooperation with the Government of Bolivia. (Photo credit: UNIC La Paz, 21 April 2010).
Participants of the 10/10/10 Work Party in Lund gather for an aerial
picture in Lundagård before heading out to do some gardening.
This child decided to be the limelight during the talk by Wendy Miller from the Australian Youth Climate Coalition (AYCC) Wendy Miller will represent Australian Youth and future generations in Copenhagen at the COP15 climate negotiations.
A Climate Emergency Rally in Melbourne was called at short notice for Wednesday, November 25 for 1pm. The Kevin Rudd Labor Government had announced the previous day the negotiations with Ian McFarlane of the Liberal Party to water down the Government legislation for an Emissons Trading Scheme - the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme. Additional compensation to industry of $7.01 billion, including handouts to Coal Industry doubling to $1.5 billion, and $4 billion more in free permits to coal fired power station owners, and $1.1 billion to mining and manufacturing sector for increased energy prices. Less compensation to households.
Renewable energy provides a significant share of the region’s energy and is higher than the EU-27 average (EEA, 2008). Almost all of the renewable energy comes from large hydropower plants; wind, solar and geothermal sources remain negligible at less than 1 per cent of the total. The EU, as part of its terms for accession, will require all countries to have larger proportions of energy from renewable sources. Investments in hydropower, biodiesel, wind and solar power stations will multiply (Ralchev, 2012). The share of renewable energies within the total energy mix is expected to increase significantly, with hydropower remaining the largest source of renewable energy (EEA, 2008). More than 500 hydropower projects are under development in the Western Balkans region (IUCN, 2015). Many of these will take place on largely intact river systems and within or in proximity to key biodiversity sites within the region (IUCN).
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... it's time for a Tusker beer ...
... een koel bierke in een pittoresk huisje in de Gabbra woestijn.
Aan de muur een ware kalender 2010 met plezante pentekeningen over het watertekort in de wereld. Hij wordt uitgegeven door de overheid van Kenia, om de mensen bewust te maken van de waarde van het water!